Age of Enlightenment

The Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Enlightenment; in French: le Si?cle des Lumi?res, lit.?'the Century of Lights'; and in German: Aufkl?rung, 'Enlightenment') was a philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th century. The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on reason as the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and came to advance ideals such as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.